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Arkema Chemical Plant Investigation Results in Weak CSB Recommendations

May 30, 2018 Jordan Barab

The Chemical Safety Board released its report on the Arkema chemical incident last week. You may recall that during the…

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5th Anniversary of West Fertilizer Explosion: Lessons Learned and Not Learned

Apr 17, 2018 Jordan Barab

Five years ago tonight a fire broke out at the West Fertilizer company in West, Texas. Emergency responders rushed toward…

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Dispatches From The Front Lines of the Battle For Workplace Safety: Short Stuff

Mar 9, 2018 Jordan Barab

More Freedom and More Catastrophic Fertilizer Explosions: After a catastrophic ammonium nitrate explosion at West Fertilizer exploded in 2013 killed…

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5 Workers Dead in Gas Rig Explosion at Company with History of Safety Problems

Jan 23, 2018 Jordan Barab

Five gas rig workers are presumed dead after an explosion gas rig in Quinton, OK. The names of the employees…

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West Texas Explosion: Four Years Later

Oct 13, 2017 Jordan Barab

Dan Zak of the Washington Post has written a long feature article on the impact and aftermath of the West…

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GAO to OSHA: What’s Up With Workplace Violence and Ammonium Nitrate?

Aug 4, 2017 Jordan Barab

The Republican Congress may not be fulfilling it responsibility to provide oversight over a Republican-controlled OSHA, but the Government Accountability…

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California Makes Major Move to Protect Refinery Workers (and communities in their shadow)

Jun 20, 2017 Jordan Barab

It’s not all bad news out there. While Washington sucks workers down into an abyss of corporate anarchy, the State…

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If CSB Swims with the Fishes; American People Suffer the Consequences

May 31, 2017 Jordan Barab

America, we have a problem. And it promises to get worse. 2 Killed in Explosion at West Virginia Industrial Plant…

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Industry Uses Unproven Arson Claim to Repeal Chemical Safety Rule

Apr 3, 2017 Jordan Barab

Chemical industry representatives are using unproven allegations that a criminal act caused the catastrophic 2013 West Texas explosion to try…

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